A new Epichloë species with interspecific hybrid origins from Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis in Liyang, China

Mycologia

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1341-1350

  Yan, Kang ^a   Yanling, Ji ^a   Kunran, Zhu ^a   Hui, Wang ^a   Huimin, Miao ^a   Zhiwei, Wang ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Double alleles of tefA and tubB; Endophyte; Morphological characteristics; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ENDOPHYTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNGUS; GRASS; HOST PLANT; HYBRID; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; SYMBIOSIS;

CHINA; JIANGSU; LIYANG;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; EPICHLOE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POA;

CHINA; EPICHLOE; POA;

EID: 82455191776     PISSN: 00275514     EISSN: 15572536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3852/10-352     Document Type: Article

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